Event Details
Date & Time
Monday August 26, 2024
9:30 a.m.
Department
Enrollment Management
Contact / Register
James M. Keane, Ed.D.
Associate Provost for Student Success & Retention
james.keane@curry.edu
Location
Student Center
Events Type & Tags
Academics
con•vo•ca•tion
Latin convocationem, from convocare, “to call together”; from com-, “together” + vocare, “to call”; from vox “voice”. A group of people formally assembled for a special purpose. A ceremonial assembly at a college or university.
Curry College will celebrate the annual New Student Academic Convocation on Monday, August 26, 2024, officially welcoming the incoming Class of 2028 to campus, while sharing the many opportunities ahead for the new academic year.
Convocation begins at 9:30 a.m. on Westhaver Park with the new student procession from the Academic Quad, and continues inside Katz Gymnasium. A reception will be held outside the Student Center immediately following the ceremony.
Program Details
Welcome
Jay Gonzalez, President
National Anthem
Performed by Olivia Silva Public Relations, Class of 2026
Centering
Rev. Wayne S. Daley, MDiv. Chaplain
Student Speaker
SGA Vice President Sylvia Yolanda Gaunichaux Nerette, Sociology, Class of 2025
Faculty Speaker
Ishani Tewari, Ph.D.
Chairperson & Associate Professor of Business Administration School of Business and Technology
Alumni Keynote Address
Cameron Hoyt–Psychology, Class of 2016
Zoe Hoyt–Communication, Class of 2018
While a student at Curry, Cameron Hoyt ‘16 served in the Student Government Association, and was elected President in 2016. He was also a Resident Assistant and Orientation Leader, and participated in the Alternative Spring Break program. Cam is currently the Assistant Director of New Student and Family Programs at the University of Massachusetts- Boston.
Zoe Hoyt ’18 graduated with a degree in Communication, and was an active member of the Curry community. She served as Executive Student Body President for two years, participated in the Alternative Spring Break for three years, and was also a Student Building Manager and Admissions Assistant. She has taken all this experience into her current role as the Assistant Director of Student Engagement at Questrom School of Business at Boston University.
In their spare time, Cameron and Zoe passionately represent The Hoyt Foundation, a non-profit organization that aspires to build the individual character, self-confidence, and self-esteem of America’s disabled young people through inclusion in all facets of daily life. In honor of Cameron’s late grandfather and uncle, Dick and Rick Hoyt, he proudly ran his first Boston Marathon in 2023, while Zoe served as the director of development for the Hoyt Foundation.
The two were married in Gloucester on June 2, 2023.
Matriculation of Entering Class
Robert Shea, Ph.D.
Provost & Vice President of Academic Affairs
Student Oath
SGA Vice President Sylvia Yolanda Gaunichaux Nerette, Sociology, Class of 2025